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Berlin Pleiades

The Berlin Pleiades - a group of seven stars of German chess - Die Berliner Schule or Das Berliner Siebengestirn (die Plejaden) - in the 19th century, lasting 1837-43. They are named after the star constellation the Pleiades.

The members of the Berlin Pleiades were:

Paul von Bilguer 
Ludwig Bledow 
Carl Mayet 
Bernhard Horwitz 
Von der Lasa 
Wilhelm Hanstein 
Carl Schorn 
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